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<p>HM Courts & Tribunals Service closely monitors the operational performance
of courts in England and Wales, including listing timeliness. Court statistics, including
listing timeliness, are routinely published on GOV.UK;</p><p> </p><p>Criminal - <a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2018</a></p><p>
</p><p>Family - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2018</a></p><p>
</p><p>Civil - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly#2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly#2018</a></p><p>
</p><p>Court performance is influenced by many factors which include, but are not
limited to, available judicial resource, changes in the offence and case mix and the
overall performance of other justice sector agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to
close a court has not been taken lightly. In the case of court closure, we undertook
a public consultation exercise and considered the responses we received very carefully.
The Lord Chancellor only agreed to close the court when satisfied that there was sufficient
capacity in the remaining estate, and that effective access to justice would be maintained
when the court closed.</p>
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